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Pushpa 2 Box Office (West Bengal) Update! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Pushpa 2: The Rule has achieved some never-seen-before milestones in Indian cinema. It is the first film to achieve 1200 crore in the domestic market. Allu Arjun starrer will soon become the first movie to cross the 800 crore mark in the Hindi belt. Now, the action thriller has unlocked a huge feat in West Bengal. Scroll below for the latest box office update!

Pushpa 2 at the West Bengal Box Office

As per Box Office Bengal, Pushpa 2 has become the first Indian film to collect 50 crores net at the West Bengal box office. No film, including Bengali, Hindi, or other languages, has achieved this mark. The exact earnings yet to be confirmed.

There are quite a few options in West Bengal theatres. Apart from Baby John, Sonic The Hedgehog, and Mufasa: The Lion King, there are also regional releases like Khadaan,...

At the beginning of ‘Shontaan‘, this text appears on screen: “Based on real incidents.” And rightly so. In today’s world, stories of children neglecting their older parents are commonplace in every neighbourhood. Making a film on this subject, especially in Bengal, is equally common. Here, movies like ‘Posto‘ and ‘Shonar Pahar‘ have already depicted familial tussles between children and their parents. So, the first question that comes to mind before watching ‘Shontaan’ is: “What new will it bring to the screen?” The answer: nothing at all. It reproduces the same generic tropes with exaggerated characters and moral lecturing.

The story revolves around an older couple, Saradindu Bose and Meghmala Bose, who are abandoned by their son, Indranil. A self-centered and selfish man, Indranil spends his time partying with his friends or going to family trips to Bangkok without giving any thought about his older mother’s medical treatment. He...